Buildings interest me, architecture defines a big part of the landscape.
This Tudor style in Montreux next to the very blah modern buildings. I’d guess this is late 19th century, it’s not true Tudor. It has so much more character than the modern buildings next door.
Why not go for Indian elements? It is a mish-mash, yet it works, maybe because the designer just went with what they wanted.
Our Chalet was very modern, which worked great for a large group. Every room had a bathroom, you can see the chairs in the big window because most of the top floor was open space, 26 of us fit around a few tables for dinner.
I think this is a more modern building with a nod to the past.
I want to call this Art Deco, and yet, because of the mosaic, this is the side of good old Banque De Chamonix, so it probably predates Art Deco. Which just comes to show, what we think of as signature elements of a style, was around before hand. 
Love the colors!T
This hotel was built in the 1880’s. During WWII the daughter hid Jews who were trying to escape to Switzerland just a few miles away. She was awarded a Righteous Person recognition from Yad Vashem. Her granddaughter now runs the hotel.
A farm house turned restaurant. Many of these buildings are decorated with old farm tools.
Others have stuffed animals. This wasn’t the only building I saw with an animal outside. All that wood!!! Didn’t stop amazing me.
More old decorative elements.
And more wood and flowers.
Painting on a small scale.
And on a large scale.
Graffiti encroaches.
Even in Switzerland.
The smoke stack of an old industrial building, with running water nearby.
Sheep in the front yard in Chamonix. As much as this has become a ski resort, the locals still do their own thing.
Leah